painting

The word “painting” has 2 syllables: paint-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈpeɪntɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for painting?

In the thesaurus, “painting” has 113 synonyms and 14 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for painting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for painting

abstract design
acrylic
airbrushing
aquarelle
art
art work
bepainting
brightening
brushing
calcimining
canvas
canvass
characterizing
checkering
cityscape
coating
coloring
composition
covering
dappling
darkening
daubing
decorating
defining
delineating
demonstrating
depicting
depiction
describing
design
diptych
displaying
distemper
drafting
drawing
dyeing
embrowning
enameling
etching
exhibiting
finger painting
flecking
fresco
gouache
hinting
illustrating
imaging
labeling
labelling
landscape
lightening
likeness
limning
marbling
masterpiece
mottling
mural
narrating
oil
oil painting
outlining
panorama
pastel
patterning
picture
picturing
pigmenting
polychroming
portrait
portrayal
portraying
qualifying
reciting
recounting
redescribing
rehearsing
reimaging
relating
rendering
reporting
representation
representing
seascape
setting out
showing
showpiece
silhouetting
sketch
sketching
specking
speckling
splashing
staining
streaking
striating
striping
suggesting
summarizing
summing up
telling
tempera
tincturing
tingeing
tinging
tinting
touching off
tracing
triptych
variegating
varnishing
vignetting
water color
watercolor

Antonyms for painting

blanching
bleaching
coloring
decolorizing
distorting
falsifying
garbling
misdescribing
misrepresenting
misstating
perverting
twisting
warping
whitening

Meanings of painting

verb
1. To apply paint to.
2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
3. To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
4. To create (an image) with paints.
5. To practise the art of painting pictures.
6. To draw an element in a graphical user interface.
7. To depict or portray.
8. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
9. To direct a radar beam toward.
noun
1. An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
2. The action of applying paint to a surface.
3. The same activity as an art form.

Example Sentences

She spent hours working on her latest painting, capturing the beauty of the landscape.
He admired the intricate details in the Renaissance painting hanging on the wall.
The children's painting class meets every Saturday morning to explore their creativity.
His latest painting depicts a scene from his travels in Italy.
The art class focused on techniques for painting with watercolors.

On this page you'll find 127 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to painting, such as: abstract design, acrylic, airbrushing, aquarelle, art, art work, bepainting.

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